Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever’s All-Star guard, left the team’s 111-109 loss to Phoenix with a back injury in the third quarter Wednesday night. Clark has been dealing with a back issue this season and left with 5:15 remaining in the third quarter. She went back to the locker room and didn’t return.
Clark appeared to tweak her back in the second quarter when she was fouled shooting a 3-pointer. She fell to the ground and was rubbing her back as she stood up. In the first quarter, she went back to the tunnel and returned to the bench wearing a wrap around her back.
Clark finished the game with 19 points and eight assists in 20 minutes. The two teams met Monday night, and there were six technical fouls called and one ejection. Clark picked up her fifth technical in that game. The team is petitioning the league to have it rescinded.
The physical play continued on Wednesday. On one play in the second quarter, Clark fell to the court as she drove, and as players went for the loose ball, Phoenix’s Alyssa Thomas appeared on video to put her fist into Clark’s neck. No foul was called on the play, but the league could review it for a flagrant foul.
Coach’s Reaction
Fever coach Stephanie White said, ‘It was egregious. The fact that it was a no-call … You got to call it.’ Clark has been listed on the injury report for most of the season with a back injury after she missed one game because of it.
Original reporting: KCCI Des Moines — read the source article.
